Edition 156: Apr-Jun 2024 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

‘Playing’ with fire

Local fire brigade group inspecting the burning sites in Tumbang Bulan/Hanina Naura Fadhila

Anggota Regu Siaga Api meninjau lokasi kebakaran di Tumbang Bulan/Hanina Naura Fadhila

Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya (middle) with Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia Rut Kruger Giverin (right) met in Jakarta on February 12, 2024 to mark the commencement of funding based on Indonesia’s performance reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lowered deforestation rates in the country for the 2019-2020 period. (ANTARA/Prisca Triferna/rst)

Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) promises private participation towards a net sink future, but not a fire-proof one

The Mendawai people are aware of the risks forest fires bring, but some continue to use fire as a tool as it is the only affordable way they know to make a living

Lanah pertanian yang terbakar /Hafiz Awlia Ramadhan

Masyarakat di Kecamatan Mendawai memahami dampak dan bahaya kebakaran hutan, namun beberapa masih menggunakan api karena satu-satunya pilihan yang tersisa untuk menyambung hidup

Local farmers use small-scale oil palm plantations to provide for their wellbeing, but also as a way to protect their land from wildfire

A woman preparing to do the laundry amid the haze in Perigi Village/Hanina Naura Fadhila

There have been improvements in understandings about the importance of women’s roles in community-based environmental initiatives, but in the realm of fire governance there is still a long way to go

Documentary film and social media bring the fires closer to home

‘Playing’ with fire

“Bermain” Api

Carbon on fire

Balancing the risks

Menyeimbangkan resiko

Photo essay: Out of the ashes

Gendered flames

Burning distance

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